Stephen's Secure Blog #382
These stories about Stephen began was when he was 10 years old, and
moving to a new part of the country to attend a special school for
gifted students, in the 1950's. This was from a time before computers
would fit on a desk, and when people communicated with friends in other
countries by actual letters sent through the postal service. He wrote
225 of them to a friend. He stopped writing to his penpal, but found he
still wanted to record his life, in case he lost his memory again, and
wrote 30 entries in his first logbook. Then he wrote to an artificial
intelligence called Geenee, in the master computer in his school for
gifted students, which he started attending in 2016. Now it's after
2018, and he's continuing to save his memories in a secure blog.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
The stories may not be posted in chronological order.
Stephen is 19 in this story, in Fall of year 10 of his special school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #382 "Meeting in Lebanon"
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I met with Paolo. He was impressed with what I did with the Pastor.
He said "Amazing that you got him to admit it on camera." I said
"Actually, yes. I played him very carefully, knocking out his mental
foundations one by one, until he had only his true good self left." I
let him do some thinking. He said "I see it now, and that is even more
amazing. I doubt an ordinary psychologist could have done that even
with years of therapy." I said "Actually, they wouldn't have dared do
what I did. Too dangerous." He nodded, and said, "I see something
extra. The strength?" I said with a smile, "Very good!" He was
embarrassed.
I said "Physical strength was very important to him. I know you
picked up on that, with all the big muscles he brought into the room.
In what I did to him with just words, I showed him what was more
important, and I picked up the equipment at the end, specifically for
him to notice and ask me about it, so I could show him I was much
stronger than he was, and didn't need to let him know that, to do what
I did. The only special abilities I used there, were in putting the lie
detector on the wall behind him, and showing you what was happening."
He said "That's amazing, too. Your restraint is, to me, always. But
what if what you were doing, didn't work?" I said "I had multiple
plans. One of them would have worked, even if I had to go to the extent
of showing videos of him having sex with men. I do plan ahead. I worked
very hard not to have to do that." He said "Wow!"
I said "We still haven't had enough responses to set up our band, but
I hope you've been practicing." He grinned, and said, "I have, which
might not have pleased my neighbors so much. They haven't complained,
though." I said "You play extremely well. They shouldn't have much to
complain about. Have you thought about seeing if you can sit in on some
bands in some local clubs?" He said "No, I haven't. I think it wouldn't
be appropriate." I said "Hmm, as a Catholic outreach function?" He said
"I'll think about it." I said "I could go with you, if I'm available,
if you want."
I said "Speaking about that, do you think your Cardinals would like
to have me there to meet with them?" He laughed and said, "Absolutely
not! We should do it." I had to laugh. He said "We could propose this
to the Pope, that you be invited to a meeting with the Cardinals and
him, just as a courtesy event. After all, you met with the Mormons, and
we are supposed to be more important then they are." I had to laugh. I
explained, "Some of the Mormons' motivation for what they do, is to
prove they are better than Catholics." He had to laugh, too. He said
"And what is your opinion?" I said "Presently, they are ahead on
points." He said "I'm not surprised." I said "But if opulence and fancy
I said "Have your Cardinals seen what I did to the Pastor?" He said
"They have. One of my contacts there said they argued about your
points. We've been aware of the paradox of Jesus correcting the word of
God, which was more Paul, actually, in food things, but have managed to
avoid that in public. Now that you have exposed it so loudly and well,
we've received a lot of inquiries to which we haven't invented a
successful reply." My big grin made him laugh. I said "Do you know what
they think of my discs?" I said "Yes. Everything you can imagine, and
more, that's bad for them, and good for you. More importantly, they
know you have more that is even worse from their point of view. I think
some of of them want to be out of the Church before you reveal that.
And to keep from using rubber underwear." I had to laugh. I said "Such
language!" He said "Absolutely!"
I said "Are you American or Italian?" He said "In America, I'm
American. In Italy, I'm Italian. I was born there of an American
diplomat father, and an Italian journalist mother. I have dual
citizenship, and was raised and educated in both countries." I said "I
suspect you play on that, in your Church politicking." He said "I do. I
have an advantage no others have in my position, and as you have been
teaching me, that shouldn't be wasted." I said "You suspect where that
will eventually lead?" He said "To where I would really need life
protection, it might. The more I consider that, the less attractive the
position is to me." I said "I know you won't let that stop you." He
said "For the good of all, I must do my best, but what really is the
good of all?" I said "Ask the Pastor." He nodded agreement for what I
meant. I said "Truth is good in the long term, but having the courage
to weather the storm in the short term, that can only be answered in
action. I have faith, yes I do, even if I think religion is fantasy. I
have faith in YOU." We hugged with love.
A high ranking Muslim Cleric announced in public that he requests I
provide copies of lost Islamic documents, which he named, and that he
would be pleased to have my translations into many languages, of those
documents, and all other old documents known to exist of similar kind.
I made the books suitable for publishing, and Chad sent them off to be
printed, and at the same time made them available in digital form, with
the announcement that all proceeds would go to help hospitals in
Islamic countries. That garnered a LOT of approval. Well, gay support
centers would have been a little unpopular. My books received a lot of
attention, and very little of it was negative. At some Clerics'
request, CNN and some other countries' TV networks cosponsored a show
where we could discuss Islamic issues. We used a studio in Lebanon. The
official language was Arabic for the broadcast.
At the start, I said, "I have an announcement to make about the
format of this meeting. I will speak in Arabic, with the Saudi accent,
but each of you here will understand me in your best language. All who
are listening to us live, will also understand me in their own
language. Yes, all over the world. For the recording of this broadcast,
I will be providing captioning of all we say in English, but anybody is
free to provide their own translation later." One asked, "How do you do
that?" I said "I'm sorry, I know from experience, if I keep being asked
how I do things, we won't have time to do anything else." They nodded,
with some smiles. One said "Still, I have to ask regarding
authentication." I nodded.
He said "Your past lives I understand have caused you to know the
languages of olden times. But I have to ask, did you personally see and
study all the documents you have presented to us, in those lives?" I
said "Most of them, yes, but study isn't necessary now. I have total
recall, even for what happened in those lives where I didn't have a
perfect memory, and no, I can't explain that, and I sure am NOT
complaining about it." Some chuckles. I said "My unusual abilities have
increased over time, and now I can look around outside of my lives I
lived at those times. What I see, I can record, and what I can see, is
inside and out, down to the particles that make up atoms. I certify
that what I present as accurate, is actually so." One said "I have to
ask! The Library at Alexandria?" I said "I'm trying my best. I think
you would know that." They all nodded. I said "I think I might have
something in a few years. That's a lot of books!" Some chuckles.
We had some very good discussions in the first hour, mostly about the
languages and how they changed, and how the meanings may have changed
with the changes in the societies. In the second hour, one asked me,
"You have said that you wrote the part of the Bible about Solomon. It
is different in the Koran. Can you help is to understand why that is
so?" I said "I will not discuss Solomon directly, and don't ask me why,
except as it refers to my son, who's name it is. A beautiful baby, I
have to tell you. What I wrote about the past that is in the Bible came
from collected stories and legends, and from the dreams I had of my
past lives, not knowing at the time that I had lived them. I could only
write what I could understand of those things, and what is written in
the Koran of that time and person, well, much of that I wouldn't,
couldn't have understood, and would have changed it to what I could
understand, which was more in keeping with my religion at the time."
They nodded acceptance.
I said "That's a problem all historians and histories have. Only what
is understood and important to that person is written, which would not
be the same for another person, and for the future. And how much of
that is intentional deception, for the purposes of the writer? Probably
more than we would like to think. I know this myself from both sides;
what I wrote myself, and about what I actually experienced that others
wrote of. For example, we long thought the Roman/Jewish historian
Josephus was reasonably accurate. In one of my lives, I died at Masada.
I KNOW that some of what he wrote about it isn't true, and it's
obviously deliberate." We discussed that issue for a while.
Then one said, "Some of our people justify having sex with children,
because it is written that the Prophet had as one of his wives, an
eight year old girl. Your love of and desire to protect children is
well known. What is your opinion on this issue?" I said "Desire to
protect children. I thought I was close to being the champion maker of
understatements. Now I know that is not so." Some chuckles, mixed with
serious feelings.
I said "I know you know the answer to this, but you think if I say
it, it might somehow be different." More nods. I said "In old times,
and it still is now in some places, marriages were arranged by others,
and sometimes even before the bride and groom were born. Among the land
owners, and the wealthy and powerful, of which the Prophet certainly
was at times, most marriages were for political and business reasons,
to secure alliances, merge families, and to hold hostages. In most of
those situations, age wasn't much of a consideration. The Prophet was
no exception to those circumstances. Much of that was done by his
agents, because he didn't have much interest in that subject, and it
was the custom. In my opinion, it is exceedingly doubtful that he even
knew or cared that he had an eight year old among his wives, and if he
noticed her with his other wives, he would probably have assumed her to
be one of their children, of which there were many. In fact, I doubt he
ever acted as a physical husband to most of his wives."
I said "All that may not mean much to people who want to abuse
children for their own pleasure, ALL children, including boys. Any
excuse they can use to justify what they selfishly want to do, they
will use to the utmost. I say to them, it does not matter what other
people might or might not have done to children in the past, and even
now. YOU do not have permission to harm the innocent. You say it is not
harm. Say that to me in person if you dare, and I will cause you to
feel what your victims have felt. Then we will know the truth! I
challenge you to do this. Show me the courage of your belief. Or stop.
Change your ways, or you will not know Paradise."
I said "Are any here who disagree with me on this?" They didn't. One
said, the eldest, "I more than agree. It is a disgrace to us all that
it happens with some of our people. It must stop!" I said "It won't."
One said "Why do you think so?" I said "Sexuality is too strong to be
suppressed as your societies try to cause. Your separation of the
sexes, and treating women with such oppressive control, forces men to
have a kind of prison sexuality. They WILL have sex, with whoever they
can get, and children are easier to get and control, than adult men
with knives and guns. It's as simple as that, and you know it. None of
us can avoid cause and effect. Change your societies, and the problem
will become less. But then, you will lose your cultural identity. Well,
you've had it long enough. Time for a change. All life is change. Live
with it, or die the slow death." One said "You want us to be like
America?"
I said "Absolutely not! America has been the leader in many good and
important things. Not now. Poorer in education than most industrialized
nations. Poorer in government and political intelligence. Poorer in
international relations. Poorer in providing medical services to all
its people. Horrible in helping its most poor. PLEASE, do NOT be like
America. Be better. Some of your countries are very wealthy, but most
of your people are not. If you want to compare yourselves to the best
countries, look at Singapore, Hong Kong, Sweden, Finland, The
Netherlands, and in ten to twenty years, Tibet. No country is perfect,
but most can do better, if they have the will. America has lost that
will, too long indulging in personal selfish laziness, fanatical
silliness, and financial insanity. Belief in being the best country in
the world too long, causes that not to happen in reality. Don't be like
America is now. Be something like it used to be, but more, be like YOU
can be at your best, for the best for ALL your people treated equally.
Some of the best scientists, engineers, and doctors in history, have
been women. When you deny them that opportunity, you deny ALL your
people the advancement they could bring to your country. That's half
your population you are not developing. A shameful waste of a vast
potential. Do I need to say more? Do you understand?" They showed they
did understand.
I said "I ask you to do more to protect your children. I think you
would rather I didn't have to do that for you, like I'm doing to the
bombers." They really didn't want that. We went back to discussing the
documents, much to their relief, but some were glancing at me
furtively, with some internal speculation. I could feel Hawk laughing.
We ended on a pleasant note, with all of us hugging each other. They
got the best of that, which included my love.
Rose said to me, "Will anything you said make them change?" I said
"No, not when their fanatics control their governments. They don't care
about anything but their power, which is actually more important to
them than their beliefs, or the lives of their people outside of their
own families. They overthrew horrible dictators, only to become the
same. It's very sad, but so common, it could be considered something of
have to do more research and thinking about that." Rose said, "I just
had a flash of intuition. Does it agree with yours? America was created
in the revolution, and after, for you in your first Stephen life to
develop in America's greatest days?" I said "That's just too fantastic,
and much too egotistical for me to even consider." Hawk said "But you
are considering it." I said "Well, yes." I got poked. I said hastily,
"But only as an exercise." He said "I'll give you some exercise!" He
did, and for all of us adults who joined him in that, it was a lot of
fun. For Sol, it was nap time.
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